Fermented Foods

Traditional Food Preparation:

Before the era of refrigeration, fermentation was used extensively in traditional societies to preserve foods.  Fermentation also improves vitamin content and makes foods easier to digest.  Cultures all around the world developed fermented foods unique to their region.


Kraut Pounder:

The Eugene Chapter, Weston A. Price Foundation has a special fondness for fermented foods.  We have been teaching fermented foods classes since 2007.  That year we also created the Kraut Pounder as a fund raiser for our chapter.

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Fermented foods are a wonderful source of easy to digest foods, filled with probiotic microorganisms.


Recommendations:

LACTO-FERMENTED VEGETABLES

BEST

Unheated, organic lacto-fermented vegetables (in glass jars) made with unrefined salt and/or a culture, not vinegar.

GOOD

Unheated, non-organic lacto-fermented vegetables; vegetables cultured with raw vinegar.

AVOID

All pasteurized or heated pickled vegetables and sauerkraut. Lacto-fermented vegetables containing additives such as calcium chloride.

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On the Eugene Chapter website:

  • Newsletter posts tagged Fermentation
  • To find upcoming classes see Newsletter posts category Classes
  • Read about the yummy recipes we’ve covered in our Past Classes

 

Articles on the Weston A. Price Foundation website:

Elsewhere on the web: